TAFE graduates ready
to start new life chapter
by Marcus Priaulx
9 December 2013

I

t was testament
to the success of
their training when
students could not make
their Nurunderi TAFE
graduation recently.
They’d already got
jobs.
Southern Queensland
Institute of TAFE director,
Trevor Schwenke,
thanked the Cherbourg
Aboriginal Shire Council,
his Nurunderi campus
teachers, parents and
friends for encouraging
the students to become
better skilled and
educated.
More than 60
Cherbourg Aboriginal
Shire Council workers
have received or are
getting training from
Nurunderi TAFE to earn
qualifications and become
better at their jobs.
“The feeling around
here is wonderful,” Mr
Schwenke said.
“To the graduate
students, I see their
smiles. We know how
hard you had to work to
get here.
“It’s your special day.
But it doesn’t finish here.
“One chapter has
finished , another has
started.
“TAFE is about
training for the jobs of the
future and it’s absolutely
fantastic to see the
amount of people who

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